it has always been the dog that does the picking in our family it just seems too work that way never got a bad one yet swore I would never get a pit not because I don't like them I do but the neighbors and what not kept me from doing it after our lab of 14 years retired so too speak we went too the shelter a bull dog pit mix saw the boys came over too play would not go back too her kennel would not leave the boys side yep aint hard too figure out what happened good dog no regrets about the farthest thing from vicious as you can get likes too play with the cat and the hamsters good guard instinct guess we will keep her.